The Portland daily press., 1887-01-21
MUSIC AND DRAMA.
PAPA pERRIcnoN.

The amateurs who presented Papa Per
richon" at Portland Theatre last night gave
remarkably good representation of that
amusing farce-comedy. 1t is worthy of note
that within SO short time two plays like
Papa Perriehon" and NAVAL Engage
ments." each employing an entirely differ
ent set Of ladies and gentlemen in the casts,
should have met with such happy treatment
from amateurs.
Papa Perrichon, as we have formerly stat
ted, relates to the adventures of rich car
riage builder and his wife and daughter on
their first trip from France to Switzerland,
and the efforts of two young men to secure
the affections of Mile. Perrichon. The role
of PerrichOn was entrusted to Mr.. Bradley,
who gave his audience a characterization
that was surprisingly good, familiar as the
gentleman is with the amateur stage. His
makeup was capital. There wasn't parti-
Gle of exaggeration about it, He was the
amicable, airy, rich bourgeois to the life.
The Dy-play and detail OF the part were al
ways in good taste. The result was an ex-
ceedingly finished effort Miss Talbot made
very natural Mme Perrichon, and Miss
Brown modest and graceful Henriette,
brought up like all French girls, under their
mothers wing, hardly daring to look to right
OF lelt Wnen man was in question The
Misses Waterhouse and Milliken were the
most attractive apple and book vendors we
ever saw. Messrs. Ring and Longfellow
were easy and effective as the rival but
friendly lovers Armand and Duniel. Mr. II. Ii.
Emery was very much at home in the part
oil Ma1orin, Mr.. Jordan was quite Frenchy
as the Colonel, and MeSsrs. Talbot, j. A.
Emery and Dyer were very good as the land
lord, Jean, and the railway official.
M
applauded literally, presented Misses Talbot
and Brown with superb bou-
quets, and called the actors before the cur
tom. Mr.. Grimmer's orchestra played the
following following delightful selections to general
Waltzes-The Nine MUSES. ........... Bernstein
russian Dance. .......... ...... Glinka
S Sadl9RmSrscket, (neWl...... ....-.W eingarlen
The play was well staged, and the Swiss
scene in the background of the second act
very pretty.
OUR IRISH VISITORS.
Monday night Murray and Murphy will
appear at Portland Theatre in "Our Irish
Visitors" The sale of seats will begin at
the box Office today. The Boston Journal
says There was large audience at he
Boston Theatre last evening, and the audi
forum resounded from first to last with the
merriment caused by Messrs. Murray and
Murphy in "Our Irish Visitors" The &C.
centricities of the Colone! and the Alderman
were developed to their fullest extent, and
not little OF the amusement was afforded
by the members of the supporting company.
The specialties of Messrs. Young and Camp
bell and Misses Lorraine, Boos and Foley al
so found much favor"
NOTES.
The Stetson Opera Company tickets will
be sold at Stockbridge's Saturday morning,
Jan. %, at 8 o'clock.
1t has been ascertained that Miss Mitford's
''Rlenz' was given in Boston very many
years ago. The elder Wallack brought out
the play at the Trem ont Theatre in 1929.
shortly after he had produced it in New
York In the Boston cast were VIM. III.
Smith, who played Angelo Colonna, Mrs.
George Barrett, Mrs. w. II. Smith, John
Gilbert, }. NJ. Field and w. f. johnson.